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40 Common Problems We Have Identified That Cause Bad Business

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  • 1
    Being busy is a badge of honour
  • 2
    Bad strategy
  • 3
    Even worse…No strategy
  • 4
    Not every member of your company can recite the company strategy
  • 5
    Each team having an independent strategy and does not join up
  • 6
    Bad leadership
  • 7
    Back to back meetings as the norm
  • 8
    No trust
  • 9
    Perks are seen as culture
  • 10
    Management and HR teams not connected with their people
  • 11
    Forced & unproductive one to ones
  • 12
    When one person’s views or time outweighs the many
  • 13
    Problem solving and ideation always end with the same “ideas”
  • 14
    Getting the project out vs being proud of good work
  • 15
    One decision maker
  • 16
    Constant fear to make a decision
  • 17
    Constant asking for permission (to make a decision, to organise a meeting etc)
  • 18
    Employees knowing something is wrong without being able articulating it
  • 19
    Reactive over proactive – Reactive to what others are doing vs proactive in delivery
  • 20
    Bombarded with notifications
  • 21
    Over communication
  • 22
    Obsessed by what competitors are doing, without any focus on your own delivery
  • 23
    When things never change (internally)
  • 24
    Brand police over brand coaching  
  • 25
    No employee development
  • 26
    No onboarding to management teams
  • 27
    Everything is urgent
  • 28
    No coaching or mentoring
  • 29
    Away days are escape from work
  • 30
    Micromanagement
  • 31
    Lack of shared and centralised knowledge
  • 32
    Non connected goals – Non joint up OKRs
    (driven by silos)
  • 33
    Culture of living out of your inbox
  • 34
    Death by PowerPoint edits
    (or by Excel updates)
  • 35
    Company built on unknown knowns
    (never sharing knowledge or just one person seems to know what is going on)
  • 36
    Me Over We – That one person holding all the “knowledge”
  • 37
    That’s not my job answers
  • 38
    Thank you has turned into a emoji or gif reaction, not an in person thank you
  • 39
    Company wide thank you and celebratory email chains
  • 40
    Working late and sending late emails is celebrated
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